Payment system based on a global database of invoices

ABSTRACT

Systems and methods for secure purchasing are provided in which an invoice comprising an amount to be remitted and a merchant identification is generated. The invoice is transmitted to a remote invoice database. At a device associated with a consumer, the invoice identification is received. A request including the invoice identification is sent to the remote invoice database thereby retrieving information about the invoice including an amount to be remitted and a merchant identification. Responsive to receiving consumer confirmation of the invoice, an approval of the invoice is transmitted to an account database comprising at least one account corresponding to the consumer. At a device associated with the account database, after receiving invoice approval, the invoice amount is remitted to the merchant in the form of a bank check that identifies the merchant and a notification of the check and the merchant is stored in the remote account database.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/336,623, entitled “Payment System Based on a Global Database ofInvoices,” filed Oct. 27, 2016, which claims priority to U.S.Provisional Patent Application No. 62/263,819, entitled “Payment SystemBased on a Global Database of Invoices,” filed Dec. 7, 2015, each ofwhich is hereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This specification describes technologies relating to secure purchasing.

BACKGROUND

Payment systems based on ATM cards, credit cards, or debit cards havepotential security flaws because they give third parties access to auser's account. Thus, what is need in the art are more secure systemsfor secure purchasing.

Current systems, like a) magnet stripe credit cards; b) chip creditcards; c) payment systems, based on tokens, are based on a User-PassiveNature, providing permission to withdraw money from client's account.Token payment systems or credit cards provide permission to withdraw anysum, and the customer is (1) unable to specify amount, and (2) unable tospecify the receiver. Such systems are vulnerable because suchpermissions can be copied, predicted, and/or used to take more than wasauthorized from a controlled account.

SUMMARY

The following presents a summary of the present disclosure in order toprovide a basic understanding of some of the aspects of the presentdisclosure. This summary is not an extensive overview of the presentdisclosure. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements of theinvention or to delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purposeis to present some of the concepts of the present disclosure in asimplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that ispresented later.

Various embodiments of systems, methods and devices within the scope ofthe appended claims each have several aspects, no single one of which issolely responsible for the desirable attributes described herein.Without limiting the scope of the appended claims, some prominentfeatures are described herein. After considering this discussion, andparticularly after reading the section entitled “Detailed Description”one will understand how the features of various embodiments are used.

An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to technical solutions(e.g., computing systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readablestorage mediums) are provided to address the shortcomings in the priorart. The systems and methods of the present disclosure ensure that thereis no possibility for third parties to get access to the confidentialinformation of the card holder. Confidential information is exchangedonly between the user and the user's bank directly. System are alsodisclosed that bestow personal responsibility of cash funds on areceiver in terms of why and for what each sum of money is beingtransferred to the receiver. Application of such principles has thefurther advantage that enables government entities, such as states,counties, and municipalities, to access such financial transactions forpurposes of exacting applicable taxation. For instance, even in the caseof historically difficult to track transactions, such as Farmer's Markettransactions, it is possible to impose appropriate taxes on sold goods.

The disclosed systems and methods also allow users to receive cashtransfer nearly everywhere and anytime, that are transferred by a payerfrom any point connected to the disclosed system, without anyrequirement that the user have an ATM card, credit card, debit card, IDcard, or other forms of physical credentials. The user need only useonly their own bank, with whom the user is used to working with andtrusts. Nothing else is required and all payments are made using anefficient procedure imposed using the disclosed systems and methods. Inthe case of Internet transactions or other transactions, the buyer/payer(user) may generate an invoice and pay it.

A new payment system based on a global source and/or global database(interchangeably named a global source and/or global database/database,and/or global base of bills to pay/base of bills to pay, and/or globalinvoice database, and/or global database of invoices) of invoices isproposed. A seller/receiver puts an invoice into a global database andtransmits the invoice number/code/ID to a buyer/payer. The buyer/payercontacts the global database of invoices, verifies the invoice and sendsit to his bank to pay. The bank can also verify the invoice by using theglobal database of invoices.

Any seller/receiver is able to put an invoice into the database andanybody (or, in case of necessity, specified person(s)), who has thenumber/code/ID of the invoice can pay it. The number/code/ID of theinvoice can be obtained by the payer/buyer simply by seeing/typing thenumber, by copy/pasting (Internet payment) and/or by optical recognition(digits/numbers and/or barcode, and/or QR code) from the screen and/orcheck provided by the seller/receiver to the buyer/payer, and/or viawireless/wave-base signal or otherwise.

The new payment system overcomes potential flaws of conventional cardcredentials such as ATM cards, debit cards, and credit cards since noaccess to the user's account is given to any third parties.

Every buyer can get a history of paid bills, including contactingmerchants, if something goes wrong with purchased goods. Suchapproaches, with higher operational control, provide the possibility tolower the quantity of unlicensed activity.

The discloses systems enable the receipt of a cash transfer nearlyeverywhere and anytime by a receiver, which is transferred by a payerfrom any point connected to the disclosed system, and at the same time,the specified receiver may have no physical cards in their possession(e.g. no credit card, no access to bank/payment system client, nocredentials/personal ID documents) to receive cash money, which was sentto the receiver.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The implementations disclosed herein are illustrated by way of example,and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanyingdrawings. Like reference numerals refer to corresponding partsthroughout the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a transaction system inaccordance with some implementations.

FIG. 2 illustrate the interaction between a seller and a buyer inaccordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Seller/receiverputs an invoice into global database of invoices and gives the invoicenumber/code/ID to the buyer/payer. The buyer/payer checks the invoice byquerying the global invoice database by the invoice number/code/ID.After the buyer's/payer's approval the invoice is sent to thebuyer's/payer's bank, which also may contact the global database forverification and transfers money to the receiver/seller. The payment canbe also sent not directly, but via the proposed payment system.

FIG. 3 illustrates possible ways to transfer an invoice number/code/IDfrom a seller to a buyer in accordance with some embodiments of thepresent disclosure. The buyer/payer can inspect the number/code/IDand/or get it, and reproduce it by voice, typing is, and/orcopying/pasting (Internet payment), and/or use optical characterrecognition (OCR) techniques, and/or any other way (for example,wireless/wave-based) to transfer/get the invoice number/code/ID to hisdevice, which has access to his bank account (bank, where account islocated, is connected to proposed invoice database).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a transaction system for cashwithdrawal from a cash machine without a financial transaction card(e.g., credit card, debit card, ATM card) in accordance with anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates a process for cash withdrawal from a cash machinewithout a financial transaction card (e.g., credit card, debit card, ATMcard) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating cash withdrawal from a cashmachine by a person other than the account owner (money transfer) inaccordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates a process for cash withdrawal from a cash machine bya person other than the account owner (money transfer) in accordancewith an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates a possible payment procedure for a sale-purchasetransaction between a buyer and a merchant using a payment system basedon invoices in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 illustrates a payment procedure for sale-purchase transactionsbetween a buyer and a merchant, using invoiced tokens in accordance withan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 10 illustrates a payment procedure for sale-purchase transactionsbetween a buyer and a merchant using a global database of invoices.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to implementations of the presentapplication as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The samereference indicators will be used throughout the drawings and thefollowing detailed description to refer to the same or like parts. Thoseof ordinary skill in the art will realize that the following detaileddescription of the present application is illustrative only and is notintended to be in any way limiting. Other embodiments of the presentapplication will readily suggest themselves to such skilled personshaving benefit of this disclosure.

In the interest of clarity, not all of the routine features of theimplementations described herein are shown and described. It will, ofcourse, be appreciated that in the development of any such actualimplementation, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be madein order to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as compliancewith application-related and business-related constraints, and thatthese specific goals will vary from one implementation to another andfrom one developer to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated thatsuch a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but wouldnevertheless be a routine undertaking of engineering for those ofordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure.

A new payment system based on global source (database) of invoices isprovided in the present disclosure. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, aseller/receiver (merchant) 208 puts an invoice into a global database207 and transmits the invoice number/code/ID to a buyer/payer 102. Thebuyer/payer 102 contacts the global invoice database 207, verifies theinvoice and sends it to his bank 204 to pay. The bank 204 can alsoverify the invoice by using the global invoice database 207.

Any seller/receiver 208 is able to put an invoice into the database 207and anybody who has the number/code/ID of the invoice can pay it.Referring to FIG. 3, the number/code/ID of the invoice can be obtainedby the payer/buyer 102 simply by seeing/typing the number, bycopy/pasting (Internet payment) and/or by optical recognition(digits/numbers and/or barcode, and/or QR code) from the screen and/orcheck provided by the seller/receiver to the buyer/payer, and/or (is notillustrated in the FIG. 3) via wireless/wave-base signal or otherwise.

The new payment system 100 overcomes potential flaws of financialtransaction card (e.g., credit card, debit card, ATM card), since noaccess to the user's account is given to any third parties.

The new payment system provides personal responsibility to the cashfunds receiver 208 on why and for what each sum of money transferred tohim is for. Being based on this principle, every state, city or othermunicipality is able to get more control on financial operations and taxall the profits, which have to be taxed. Even for vegetable markets,Flee markets, Farmer's markets, and similar markets that are typicallyunder documented, it is possible for the applicable municipalities totax the goods and merchandise sold using the disclosed systems andmethods. Moreover, advantageously, every buyer can get a history of paidbills, including the identity of the goods seller 208. This can beuseful in situations where the buyer would like to return the goods(e.g. if something is wrong with goods). This approach advantageouslyimposes higher operational control and provides for the possibility tolower the quantity of unlicensed transactional activities.

In some embodiments, the Internet is used to conduct transactions andthe buyer/payer 102 may generate an invoice himself and pay it.

Thus, with continued reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the present disclosureprovides a method for secure purchasing in which, at a first electronicdevice 208 associated with a merchant, the first electronic devicehaving one or more processors and memory an invoice is generated. Theinvoice comprises an amount to be remitted and a merchantidentification. In some embodiments the merchant identificationcomprises a merchant name and a merchant address. In some embodimentsthe invoice further comprises the identification of one or more goods.

In some embodiments the invoice is associated with an invoiceidentification. In some embodiments, the invoice identification isgenerated by the first electronic device 208. In other embodiments, theinvoice is generated by the remote invoice database 207 and istransmitted back to the first electronic device 208.

The method continues with the transmission of the invoice to the remoteinvoice database (207). In some such embodiments, the transmission isperformed after the merchant has approved the invoice.

The method continues at a second electronic device 102 associated with aconsumer (destination device 102). The second electronic device has oneor more processors, memory, and a display. At the second electronicdevice, the invoice identification is received. In some embodiments, theinvoice identification is transmitted from the first electronic device208 (e.g., by near field communication). In some embodiments, theinvoice identification is a unique reference number or pointer to aninvoice. As such, in some embodiments the invoice identification servesonly to identify a particular invoice but does not include the detailsof the invoice, such as the goods sold. In some embodiments the invoiceidentification is a unique number or unique expression that uniquelyidentifies (i) a merchant and (ii) a transaction associated with themerchant. For instance, in some embodiments, the invoice identificationcomprises two or more portions, a first portion of which is reserved toidentify the merchant and a second portion of which is reserved toidentify the transaction. In other embodiments, the invoiceidentification a single portion that is reserved to identify thetransaction. In some embodiments the transaction identifier is timestamped and is no longer used or honored by the system 100 when the timestamp exceeds a time threshold. In some embodiments the merchant setsthe time threshold. In some embodiments the time threshold ispredetermined (e.g., one hour, four hours, 24 hours, two days, one week,one month, one year, etc.).

Referring to FIG. 3, in some embodiments, the invoice identification ismanually inputted by the consumer 302. In other embodiments, the invoiceidentification is captured by a digital camera within the secondelectronic device. In some embodiments optical character recognition(OCR) techniques are used. Here, OCR means recognition of digits and/orcharacters of the invoice number/code/ID, and/or recognition of barcodeand/or QR code or all these and/or any other approaches used at the sametime to ensure proper recognition. Invoice number/code/ID is displayedat the seller's/receiver's device screen and/or is printed at a checkand is read (OCR) by the buyer's/payer's device. Invoice identificationcan be transmitted also in other ways, which are not presented in theFIG. 3, for example by using wireless/wave-based communication orotherwise.

The method continues at the destination device 102 with the transmissionof a request for information about the invoice identified by the invoiceidentification to the remote invoice database 207. The request includesthe invoice identification. Responsive to this request, informationabout the invoice is received from the remote invoice database 207. Theinformation includes an amount to be remitted and a merchantidentification from the remote invoice database 207. In someembodiments, the invoice is transmitted to the second electronic device.The amount to be remitted and the merchant identification from theinvoice is displayed on the destination device, along with a prompt(e.g., an affordance such as a radio button) to confirm the invoice.

Responsive to receiving confirmation of the invoice from the consumer,approval of the invoice is transmitted to a remote account database 205comprising at least one account corresponding to the consumer. In someembodiments, the approval of the invoice transmission includes theinvoice. In some embodiments, the approval of the invoice transmissionconsists of the invoice identification only. In some embodiments, thesecond electronic device 102 (destination device) confirms the identityof the consumer (e.g., by password or biometrics) as a condition fortransmitting the request for information from the invoice ortransmitting approval of the invoice.

The method continues at a third electronic device 204 associated withthe remote account database 205. The third electronic device comprisesone or more processors and memory. After receiving the approval of theinvoice from the second electronic device 102, the amount of the invoiceis remitted to the merchant. In some embodiments, the payment isremitted in response to receiving approval of the invoice from thesecond electronic device (102). In some embodiments, the communicationof the invoice identification from the second electronic device to thethird electronic is deemed by the third electronic device to be approvalof the invoice. In some embodiments, third electronic device 204transmits a request for information regarding the invoice to the remoteinvoice database 207 and payment is remitted by the third electronicdevice 204 in response to a confirmation of the invoice information fromthe remote invoice database 207. In some embodiments, the amount of theinvoice is remitted from the third electronic device 204 to an accountassociated with the merchant.

In some embodiments, the remote invoice database 207 further comprisesan invoice remittal system 220. In some embodiments, the thirdelectronic device 204 remits the amount of the invoice to the invoiceremittal system 220, and the invoice remittal system 220 remits theamount of the invoice to the merchant.

Cash Withdrawal.

Referring to FIGS. 4-6, another aspect of the present disclosureprovides a system that also allows a user to receive a cash transfernearly anywhere and at any time. This money is transferred by a payerfrom any connection to the system, and at the same time the specifiedreceiver of the cash (the user) may have no physical credentials (e.g.no credit card, no access to bank/payment system client, nocredentials/personal ID documents) to receive the money sent to him.

FIG. 5 provides a procedure for cash withdraw from cash machine (or toany other bank servicing point) by a bank customer for himself. A bankcustomer makes a request for a certain amount (FIG. 5, step 1). The cashmachine generates an invoice and a security code and registers them in aglobal database of invoice (FIG. 5, step 2). The security code may begenerated optionally by any participant of transaction chain, but mustbe finally provided to the bank customer. The invoice may be generatedoptionally by any participant of transaction chain, but the invoice mustbe finally registered in the global database of invoices 207 and theinvoice ID number must be finally provided to the bank customer. Afterthis, the cash machine provides the invoice ID number to the bankcustomer (FIG. 5, step 3). The customer/payer sends a request with theinvoice ID number to the global database of invoices 207 (FIG. 5, step4) and gets from it the invoice to verify and approve it (FIG. 5, step5). After positive verification, being approved by the bank customer,the invoice goes to the customer's bank (FIG. 5, step 6). If everythingis confirmed, the bank transfers the money to the cash machine (FIG. 5,step 7). In some embodiments, the payment can be also sent not directly,but alternatively via the proposed payment system (FIG. 5, steps 7 a, 7b). Having received the money, cash machine generates confirmation thatmoney transfer is done and sends the confirmation to the global invoicedatabase (FIG. 5, step 8 a), which sends the security code to thecustomer/payer (FIG. 5, step 8 b). The customer/payer inputs securitycode to cash machine (FIG. 5, 8 c) and gets his money (FIG. 5, step 9).

In particular, FIG. 5 illustrates cash withdrawal from a cash machinewithout a financial transaction card (e.g., credit card, debit card, ATMcard) with the help of the new payment system. A customer 102 makes arequest (FIG. 5, step 1) to a cash machine 408. In response, the cashmachine 408 generates the invoice and a security code, which are sent tothe global database of invoices 207 (FIG. 5, step 2). In someembodiments, the security code is generated by the cash machine 208. Insuch embodiments, the security code generated by the cash machinebecomes available only after the payment is done. In other embodiments,the security code is generated by the payment system. In suchembodiments, the security code generated by the payment system becomesavailable only after the payment is done. In still other embodiments,the security code is generated by the customer 102. In such embodiments,the security code generated by customer becomes valid only after thepayment is done.

The method continues with the cash machine 408 providing the invoicenumber/code/ID to the customer 102 (FIG. 5, step 3), e.g., to a userdevice 102 associated with the customer. Responsive to this, thecustomer/payer sends a request with invoice number/code/ID to the globaldatabase of invoices 207 (FIG. 5, step 4) and gets the invoice (toverify and approve it) from the global invoice database. In some suchembodiments, the security code is disclosed to the payer/customer onlyafter the payment is done by him) (FIG. 5, step 5). Upon approval by theuser, the invoice goes to the user's bank 204 (FIG. 5, step 6). Ifeverything is confirmed, the bank sends a money transfer authorizationto the cash machine (FIG. 5, step 7). In alternative embodiments, thepayment is sent indirectly, via the proposed payment system (FIG. 5,steps 7 a, 7 b). In such embodiments, authorization for the money isthen sent to the respective bank 204 with indication that the money canbe withdrawn only from this particular cash machine (or from specifiedcash machines, for example, from cash machines of the exact city and/orbank) in a limited/specified/any period of time. Having received themoney, the cash machine generates confirmation that the money transferis completed and sends it to the global invoice database (FIG. 5, step 8a), which sends the security code to the customer/payer(FIG. 5, 8 b) ormakes the security code generated by the customer/payer valid. Afterconfirmation from the cash machine 408, the customer/payer inputs thesecurity code to cash machine (FIG. 5, step 8 c) and gets his money(FIG. 5, step 9). In some embodiments, the security code can be inputwithout typing it into the cash machine 408, for instance when the cashmachine is equipped with an OCR system to read the security code fromthe screen of the user's device 202 (in the form of digits/characters,barcode, QR-code or in all these forms at once) or wirelessly.

Referring to FIG. 7, there is shown a procedure for cash withdraw from acash machine, when a bank customer sends money to the cash machine (orto any other bank servicing point) to be taken by a certain receiver:the receiver makes a request for a certain amount (FIG. 7, step 1). Thecash machine generates the invoice and a security code and registersthem in the global database of invoices (FIG. 7, step 2). The securitycode may be generated optionally by any participant of transactionchain, but must be finally provided to the bank customer. The invoicemay be generated optionally by any participant of the transaction chain,but must be finally registered in the global database of invoices 207and the invoice ID number must be finally provided to the receiver. Areceiver obtains the invoice ID number (FIG. 7, step 3 a) and sends tothe bank customer (FIG. 7, step 3 b). The customer/payer sends a requestwith invoice ID number to the global database of invoices 207 (FIG. 7,step 4) and gets from the invoice in order to verify and approve it(FIG. 7, step 5). After positive verification, being approved by thebank customer, the invoice goes to the customer's bank (FIG. 7, step 6).If everything is confirmed, the bank transfers the money to the cashmachine (FIG. 7, step 7). In some embodiments, the payment can be alsosent not directly, but via the proposed payment system (FIG. 7, steps 7a, 7 b). Having received the money the cash machine generatesconfirmation that money transfer is done and sends it to the globaldatabase of invoice 207 (FIG. 7, step 8 a), which sends the securitycode to the customer/payer (FIG. 7, step 8 b). The customer/payer sendssecurity code to receiver (FIG. 7, step 8 c). After that, the receiveris able to enter security code into cash machine (FIG. 7, step 8 d) andreceive the money (FIG. 7, step 9).

In particular, FIGS. 6 and 7 provide another embodiment in which themoney can be sent to another person via a cash machine 408. Thisembodiment encompasses the possibility of receiving a cash transfernearly anywhere and at any time, which is transferred by any payerconnected to the system, and at the same time the specified receiver mayhave nearly nothing in his hands (e.g. no credit card, no access tobank/payment system client, no credentials/personal ID documents) toreceiver cash money, which were sent to him). FIGS. 6 and 7 are similarto FIGS. 4 and 5, but in this case the person who is receiving money andthe owner of the bank account/payer (who is also a customer of thepayment system) are different people. There are several additional ormodified steps. A person (receiver 502) who wants to receive moneyobtains the invoice number/code/ID (FIG. 7, step 3 a) and sends it tothe payer 102 (FIG. 7, step 3 b) (whom he knows and who knows him). Thepayer checks 102 and approves the request from the receiver 502 andsends the invoice/number/ID to the global database of invoices 207 (FIG.7, step 4) from where he receives the invoice. FIG. 7, steps 4-8 b arethe same as those of corresponding steps of FIG. 5. There is anadditional FIG. 7, step 8 c where the customer/payer sends the securitycode to the receiver. After that, the receiver is able to enter securitycode into cash machine (FIG. 6, step 8 d) and receives the money (FIG.6, step 9).

The payment system may also require a new type of mobile devices whichhave a separate secure mode of operation for banking system. Securitymode may be switched on by special mechanic gear and/or by entering apassword, and/or any other variant of ID. Banking system should besubstantially separated from the rest content of the device and run inthe secure mode. Secure mode might be even provided by a separateoperating system stored in ROM (read-only memory) or even run on adifferent CPU. Switching between normal mode of the device and securemode may be done by a separate key, which may be an electronic and/oreven a physical key that can be stored separately from the device.

The disclosed systems and methods advantageously allow a user to paybills for goods or services (e.g., food in restaurant, bills fromInternet stores, Taxi services, etc.) without entering any suspiciouspages of payment in any Internet sites and without using a credit cardor credit card data (or bank cards) (e.g. without risks of the user'sbank card information being stolen and/or scammed). The disclosedsystems and methods allow a user to ask another party (e.g., the user'sfriends, relatives, or anybody else) to pay the user's bills (e.g., forfood in restaurant, and/or bills of Internet stores, and bills for taxiservices, or any other services, and/or for any other goods).Advantageously, the only thing necessary to pay for such specified billis access to a remote banking system with a unique number or code foreach bill to pay. In other words, all and/or any, and/or specifiedbill(s)-to-pay can be paid and/or funds/money by it/them can betransferred, using only known, comfortable for the person and reliable,proofed by the person remote banking and/or internet payment system(s),and/or payment system(s)—and/or i.e. the most vulnerable section ofpayment chain in payment process—page(s) of internet shop(s), and/orcash register(s) for bank cards in shops, restaurants and/or in otherinstitutions can be excluded and/or eliminated.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides for the possibility oftaking money from an automatic cash terminal by paying bill(s)-to-pay,which is/are provided by exact automatic cash terminal, and/or i.e. bytransferring exact and/or specified sum to exact automatic cashterminal. In some embodiments, such operation is protected, for example,by an additional code, which is valid and can be used just for single,exact operation of cash received from an automatic cash terminal.

In some embodiments, it is possible to ask somebody to transfer money toyou, being near any exact automatic cash terminal. To sure your friends,and/or parents, and/or any other person, that it is really you, you can(and/or must) make short video with you face moving/turning and/or withyour voice, when you generating bill(s)-to-pay to transfer money to you.Such operation can be (and/or must be) protected (for example) byadditional code, which is valid and can be used just for single, exactoperation of cash receive from automatic cash terminal. To make suchoperation, you only need access to automatic cash terminal and access toany link service, and/or any communication service.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides the possibility totake money from an automatic cash terminal in a particular city bypaying bill(s)-to-pay, pointing to this particular city, and/or i.e. bytransferring exact and/or specified sum, which will be ready to becashed by any/exact automatic cash terminal. In some embodiments, suchoperation can be protected, for example, by an additional code, which isvalid and can be used just for single, exact cash reception operationfrom the automatic cash terminal. To enact such an operation, it isnecessary to know and to input into the automatic cash terminal a uniquenumber(s)/code(s) of bill(s)-to-pay and additional protecting codes.

Another aspect of the present disclosure address the problem currentlyfound with financial transactions the providing of bank card and/or bankcard information (and/or i.e. access to the place, where money arestored) and key (and/or code, and/or password) to take money fromaccount, and/or i.e. buyer (and/or payer) has bank card(s), and sellerdevice and/or service, and/or utility to take money from bank card(s).Such systems constantly expose the owner of the bank card(s) to thedanger that data/information from the card(s) (and/or of the card(s))can be stolen, and/or i.e. somebody can get access to money and to stealthem. The systems and method of the present disclosure address thisshortcoming by an inverse principal, and when expressing this newprinciple in frames of idea/concept of “bank card(s)—cash register forbank card(s)”, it is possible to say, that new principle—it is when eachpayer has available a mobile (or not mobile) apparatus and/or device,and/or utility, and/or service to pay for anything via Internet and/orvia cellphone connection, and/or via any other connection through remotebanking and/or through any other payment service(s), and each seller ofany goods and/or of any services has the possibility (and/or method,and/or system, and/or utility, and/or way) to inform/notify where to pay(and/or to which account payment must be done) and/or how much to pay,and/or for what to pay, and/or any other information, and the fact ofpayment and the sum of payment will be informed/provided by the systemof servicing bank, using any available means, and/or by the sameprinciple/method, by which is presently informed/provided, that paymentby bank card is executed. In these scenarios, the seller of any goods orservices can use the disclosed systems in which the seller (and/orreceiver) can place bill(s)-to-pay with all the necessary information tocarry out payment, and the buyer (and/or payer) can demand and/orrequest bill(s)-to-pay, check and/or pay it/them.

Thus conventional systems act on the principle—here is access to thewallet, take from it the necessary sum of money in favor of payment forsomething (and if it is taken perhaps take a bigger sum? And if theaccess to the wallet/account is used without permission? —And thesefacts really occur). The present disclosure rectifies this principal bysubstituting it with the principle: there is a slit in the box formoney—put inside of this box for money the necessary sum.

Thus it is proposed to substitute transmitted information “this is howto take money” by a new variant of transmitted information—“this is theplace, to which you have to put/provide exact sum.” This substituteconcept is performed by the disclosed systems and methods. It is moresafe to share/provide/transmit information “this is the place, to whichyou have to put/provide exact sum” then with “this is how to take money”because there is no visibility into confidential information. That isthe concept of “this is the place, to which you have to put/provideexact sum” cannot be exploited. All that is occurring is the payment ofan additional sum to a provided account. In other words, there is no wayto use the information “this is the place, to which you have toput/provide exact sum” to steal money from the account of the payerand/or from account of the receiver.

The disclosed systems and methods offer a number of uniquecharacteristics. Seller/receiver can see only that information that isnecessary and/or measured information concerning buyer/payer andcontrariwise. It is possible to provide, that seller/receiver norbuyer/payer, will not see any information about each other. It is alsopossible to control and/or to identify who pays, in whose addresspayment is made, which service(s) and/or goods is/are paid. Thisprovides possibility for each and every state or other applicablemunicipality to carry out appropriate taxation of all transactions,which are carried out with selling of goods and/or of services, bymaking the taxation compulsory even for taxi-drivers and/or for sellersof greens on the market to generate bill(s)-to-pay, identifying thatthey are selling goods and/or services of specified sums. Thus whenthere is a defect in the goods or serves (e.g., when somebody getpoisoned by groceries which were purchased on the market)—it is possibleto track and to find seller, and to carry out investigation in case ofnecessity (for example, when payments are made from phone number tophone number, like it is often in Kenya, using M-Pesa).

Codes/numbers of necessary bill(s)-to-pay can be sent to any client. Bythese codes/numbers the client goes through/via his global remotebanking access (and/or access to any other payment system(s)) can demandall (and/or any, and/or specified) the necessary information aboutbill(s)-to-pay, proof of this information (the sum of payment, and/orfor what payment is made, and/or to whom payment is made, and/or anyother information), and, when everything is right—to make payment. Thereare no complex forms or complex steps to execute the transaction. Theonly things needed to make the right payment is a code/number of paymentand remote banking access (and/or access to any other paymentsystem(s)).

In some embodiments, it is possible to define, from whichseller(s)/provider(s) of goods and/or services bill(s)-to-pay can bepaid by somebody (for example by you children), and/or to pay thesebill(s)-to-pay being on the distance and/or having just the contact with(for example) your child by phone (and/or via any link service(s)). Insome embodiments, it is possible to provide bill(s)-to-pay into thesystem (and/or in favor of exact payer/buyer). In some embodiments, itis possible to simplify taxation and/or registration of tax payer.Anybody who is providing services and/or who is selling goods,—justobligated to generate/issue bill(s)-to-pay, pointing, that payment isdone for services and/or for goods, and/or anybody, who is providingservices and/or who is selling goods—must register special accountand/or phone number for business activity. The payer/buyer will beinformed from whom he is buying services/good (and/or having electronictraceable receipt), the state (and/or government of the state) will beinformed concerning what must be taxed, the budget of the state will beenriched, and bureaucracy will be lowered. In some embodiments, thesystems and methods of the present disclosure provide the possibility totrack all, especially suspicious and/or criminal, and/or terroristicfund-transfers.

FIG. 4-5 provide a method for secure withdrawal of funds. In the method,at a first electronic device 408, where the first electronic device hasone or more processors and memory, an invoice is generated comprising anamount to be withdrawn and a location to be dispensed. In someembodiments, the first electronic device is an ATM machine. In someembodiments the location to be dispensed specifies an automated tellermachine (ATM), bank, or merchant. The invoice is associated with aninvoice identification. In some embodiments, the invoice identificationis generated by the first electronic device 408. In some embodiments,the invoice is generated by a remote invoice database 207 andtransmitted back to the first electronic device 408. The invoice is alsoassociated with a security code. In some embodiments the security codeis generated by a device 102 associated with a user. In someembodiments, the security code is generated by the first electronicdevice 408. In some embodiments, the security code is generated by theremote invoice database 207.

The method continues with the transmission of the invoice to a remoteinvoice database 207.

The method continues at the second electronic device 102 associated withan account holder. In some embodiments, the second electronic device 102is a personal portable electronic device (e.g., a smartphone). Theaccount holder is different from the user of the first electronic device(e.g., the account holder is not the receiver of the funds). The secondelectronic device 102 comprises one or more processors, memory, and adisplay. The second electronic device 102 receives the invoiceidentification. In some embodiments, the invoice identification istransmitted from the first electronic device (e.g., by near fieldcommunication). In some embodiments, the invoice identification ismanually inputted by the consumer. In some embodiments, the invoiceidentification is captured by a digital camera within the secondelectronic device 102. A request for information about the invoice istransmitted to the remote invoice database 207. The request includes theinvoice identification. Responsive to this request, information aboutthe invoice is received from the remote invoice database. Theinformation includes the amount to be withdrawn and the location to bedispensed. In some embodiments, the invoice is transmitted to the secondelectronic device 102.

The amount to be withdrawn, the location to be dispensed, and a promptto confirm the invoice is displayed at the second electronic device.

Responsive to receiving confirmation of the invoice from the consumer,approval of the invoice is transmitted to a remote account database 205comprising at least one account corresponding to the account holder. Insome embodiments, the approval of the invoice includes the invoiceitself. In some embodiments, the approval of the invoice includes theinvoice identification but not the invoice. In some embodiments, thesecond electronic device 102 confirms the identity of the consumer(e.g., by password or biometrics) as a condition for transmitting therequest for information from the invoice or transmitting approval of theinvoice.

At a third electronic device 204 associated with the remote accountdatabase 205, the third electronic device having one or more processorsand memory, the method continues. After receiving the approval of theinvoice from the second electronic device 102, a conditionalauthorization is transmitted from the third electronic device 204 to afourth electronic device at the location where the cash is to bedispensed for dispensing the amount to be withdrawn at the location tobe dispensed. In some embodiments, the authorization is transmitted tothe invoice database 205 and the invoice database transmits anauthorization to the fourth electronic device at the location to bedispensed. In some embodiments, the authorization is transmitted to anelectronic device at the location to be dispensed. The authorization isconditioned on input of the security code at an electronic device at thelocation to be dispensed.

At the fourth electronic device at the location to be dispensed (e.g.,an ATM, merchant register, bank terminal), the fourth electronic devicehaving one or more processors, memory, and an input the methodcontinues. In some embodiments, the fourth electronic device is the sameas the first electronic device. In some embodiments, the input of thefourth electronic device is, for example a touchscreen, a number-pad, amouse, etc.). At the fourth electronic device, after receiving theconditional authorization from the third electronic device, an inputtedsecurity code is received. In response to determining the that inputtedsecurity code matches the security code associated with the invoice, theamount to be withdrawn is dispensed.

Enhanced Token System.

Another aspect of the present disclosure is a payment system whichbenefits banks, retailers and bank clients, by providing unique level ofsecurity. The main idea of the offered payment system is that paymentsare carried out in the user-active way in the form of direct moneytransfers, which are initiated by buyer/payer in favor ofseller/receiver, where Invoices are provided by receiver and includecoordinates, which can be easily identified by payer/buyer as true.Using the same principle it was developed new modification of token,which transforms token into permission to take a specified sum for aspecified seller/receiver from a specified account of a specified buyer.

In accordance with this aspect of the present disclosure, a novelpayment system is provided that benefits banks, retailers and bankclients, by providing a unique level of security. Payments are carriedout in the user-active way in the form of direct money transfers, whichare initiated by the buyer/payer in favor of the seller/receiver, whereinvoices are provided by the receiver and include coordinates, which canbe easily identified by the payer/buyer as true. Using the sameprinciple the present disclosure provides a new modified token system,which transforms token into permission to take a specified sum from aspecified seller/receiver from a specified account of a specified buyer.

Each payment is carried out in the user-active way in the form of directmoney transfers, which are initiated by a buyer/payer in favor of aseller/receiver. Invoices with coordinates of the receiver are providedby the receiver (for example, by a POS-terminal of the shop) and theseinvoices include, but are not limited to, the payment coordinates ofseller/receiver, receiver's legal/official name, address (country,state, city, street, building number), which can be easily identified bythe payer/buyer as true (referred to herein as checkable-coordinates).

These checkable-coordinates of the receiver/seller are used as anobligatory part of a process initiated by the buyer/payer payment ordertogether with bank coordinates of the receiver/seller. Thesecheckable-coordinates of the receiver/seller together with his bankcoordinates are registered in the Payment System on the basis ofinvoices, and a payment order will be accepted and fulfilled by thebuyer's/payer's servicing bank/payment system only when thecheckable-coordinates and the bank coordinates of receiver/sellerconform to what is registered in the payment system on the basis ofinvoices and/or fixed in the payment system of merchant servicing bank.If any of abovementioned coordinates do not conform to the registry, thepayment will be declined by the payer's bank/merchant's bank/paymentSystem.

This system is well suited for physical shopping, where the merchantdefinitely has known, recognizable and checkable-coordinates, such asshop name, shop address (country, state, city, street, building number,etc.). As such, this embodiment of the disclosure makescheckable-coordinates and a specified transaction amount an intrinsicpart of a payment order that is initiated by a buyer/payer on the basisof an invoice (provided by receiver/Merchant/POS). Only a specifiedamount will be withdrawn from the buyer's/payer's account and only infavor of a specified receiver/merchant. If bank account coordinates aresubstituted by scammers, such payment order with bank coordinates, whichdo not conform to the receiver's name, address, are notrealized/performed by buyer's/payer's servicing bank.

Payment procedures for sale-purchase transactions between a buyer andmerchant (anatomy of payment transaction using the payment system on thebasis of invoices) is now described with reference to FIG. 8. Point ofSale (POS) of the Merchant (or on the web-site of internet shop) hasconstant connection with a payment system with limited access, which isdesirable and which allows only for the generation of invoices and toverify whether payment of specified invoices has been successfully done.The process begins when a buyer scans all goods in the shop or adds thegoods to the purchase list (FIG. 8, step 1). The user then presses thepay icon (FIG. 8, step 2). In response, the POS calculates the total sumand generates an invoice which is sent to the buyer (e.g., best variantvia NFC) (FIG. 8, step 3). The buyer visually verifies the invoice data,which is shown on the screen of smartphone associated with the buyer.The buyer reviews the checkable-coordinates (e.g., name of the shop, itsaddress, etc.), which is known by the buyer. Alternatively, the invoiceis printed out for the buyer at or near the POS. If the buyer believesthe checkable-coordinates are correct, the buyer approves the invoice(FIG. 8, step 5). A servicing bank of the buyer verifies the conformanceof merchant's coordinates. This is done by communication with a paymentsystem using the information from the invoice (FIG. 8, step 6). If themerchant's coordinates are in conformance with the payment system, thebuyer's servicing bank fulfills payment by transferring the money to thebank, which services the merchant (FIG. 8, step 7), which confirms tothe merchant that the invoice has been paid (FIG. 8, step 8).

In some embodiments, FIG. 8, step 6 is skipped on the basis that if amerchant's bank account coordinates are switched by scammers, then suchpayment transaction would not be realized by payment systems ofservicing banks because such coordinates would not match the coordinatesof the merchant bank associated with the invoice.

Referring to FIG. 9, the same user-active payment approach can berealized for token payments. Conventionally, a token must includeinformation about payer's account, a specified source of money(specified credit card) and a recognizable form of permission for atransaction. Although a token is generated randomly, it must compriseinformation on (1) a payer's account in a payment system, (2) a paymentsource and (3) a randomly generated recognizable single timepermission—all together in a randomly generated token, but using acertain specified algorithm. The systems and methods of the presentdisclosure advantageously improve upon the token system. A token must begenerated using specified additional checkable information by the payersuch as price/sum/amount and/or official name of theshop/seller/receiver which must conform to the real payment coordinatesin the bank and/or address of the shop/seller/receiver (e.g., includingname of country/state, city, street), which must conform to the realpayment coordinates of receiver on file with the bank. In someembodiments, the receiver's bank account number is included in the datarequired for token generation, but this information is not presented orprovided for verification to the payer. The payer is able to checkwhether the amount, the official name and the address of receiver areright, and, for token acceptance they must conform to the account numberof receiver, which is registered in the receiver's servicing bank and/orin payment system on the base of invoiced tokens, if receivers accountcoordinates are substituted by scammers, they would not conform to theaccount information of the receiver, and such token will be rejected.

Advantageously, the modified token provides the basis for permission totake specified sum in favor of a specified seller/receiver (referred toherein as invoiced token). If the next token is predicted by hackers, itwould be permission for withdrawal of the same sum, in favor of samereceiver, which can easily be identified as a counterfeit token.

FIG. 9 outlines a possible payment procedure for sale-purchasetransactions between a buyer and a merchant using an invoiced token. Thepayment procedure using the invoiced tokens is nearly the same asconventional token methods. However, there are some importantdifferences. At the beginning of the transaction, the merchant providesan amount and the merchant's payment coordinates, part of which, likename and address of the merchant can, can and are verified by a buyer togenerate an invoice using the merchant's payment coordinates. All theother parts of the transaction are carried out in the same way as foundin a conventional token procedure. The token goes from buyer's phone bythe chain from merchant through the acquirer and the card network to thetoken vault and the Issuer. The issuer checks the cryptogram, verifiesconformance of Merchant's payment coordinates and sends approval back.

Accordingly, an aspect of the present disclosure provides is a novelpayment system based upon invoices in which payments are carried out inthe user-active way in the form of direct money transfers, which areinitiated by a buyer/payer in favor of a seller/receiver. The invoicesinclude coordinates (identifying information) of a receiver and areprovided by the receiver and these invoices include, but not limited to,the payment coordinates of a seller/receiver, the receiver'slegal/official name, address (e.g., country, state, city, street,building number, etc.) that can be easily identified by the payer/buyeras true (referred to herein as checkable-coordinates). Being identifiedas authentic, these checkable-coordinates of the receiver/seller areused as an obligatory part of an initiated by the buyer/payer paymentorder together with the bank coordinates of the receiver/seller. Theseeasily-checkable-coordinates of the receiver/seller together with thereceiver's bank coordinates are registered in a payment system. As such,the payment order will be accepted and fulfilled by the buyer's/payer'sservicing bank(s)/payment system only when the checkable-coordinates andbank coordinates of the receiver/seller conform to what is registeredwith the payment system (and/or fixed in the payment system of themerchant servicing bank). If any of the above-mentioned coordinates donot conform to what is registered—the payment will be declined by thepayer's bank/payment system.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a new modification ofa token transaction system, which transforms the token into permissionto take a specified sum and/or in favor of a specified seller/receiverfrom a specified account of a specified buyer, because the token isgenerated using information on the amount of the payment and/or thereceiver's account information. In some such embodiments, the token isgenerated using specified additional checkable by the payer coordinatessuch as price/sum/amount, and/or official name of theshop/seller/receiver, which must conform to the real payment coordinateson file with the bank; and/or address of shop/seller/receiver (includingname of country/state, city, street), which must conform to the realpayment coordinates of the receiver on file with the bank. To realizepayment for sale-purchase transaction, the merchant may provide itspayment coordinates to the buyer to generate the token, and part of thepayment coordinates, including, but not limited to, name, address ofmerchant are verified by the buyer and used to generate an invoice. Insome embodiments, the exact sum in the token may be realized as a randomcombination of permissions to take specified sums, which all togetherwill make the necessary exact sum. This combination may be alwaysdifferent as a rule provided that the sum of the token equals the amountrequested by Merchant.

In some embodiments, the algorithm and/or “salt” for coding of theMerchant's payment coordinates in the token may be different and/orspecified for each generated token. The disclosed systems benefitsbanks, retailers and bank clients, by providing a unique level ofsecurity. Payments are carried out in a user-specified way in the formof direct money transfers which are initiated by the buyer/payer infavor of the seller/receiver. Invoices provided by the receiver includecoordinates which can be easily verified by the payer/buyer as genuine.Using the same principle, a new modified token was developed whichtransforms a token into permission to take a specified sum for aspecified seller/receiver from a specified account of a specified buyer.

Referring to FIG. 9, one aspect of the present disclosure provides amethod for secure purchasing. At a first electronic device 902associated with a merchant, the first electronic device having one ormore processors and memory, the method is initiated by transmitting, toa second electronic device 904 associated with a consumer, paymentcoordinates. The payment coordinates include a name and/or address ofthe merchant and an amount to be remitted to the merchant.

In some such embodiments, at the second electronic device 904 associatedwith the consumer, the second electronic device having one or moreprocessors and memory, there is received from the first electronicdevice associated with the merchant the payment coordinates and theamount to be remitted. Optionally, an identity of the merchant (e.g.,the payment coordinates or name of a merchant associated with thepayment coordinates), the amount to be remitted, and a prompt to confirma purchase is displayed. Moreover, the payment coordinates and amount tobe remitted is encoded in a crytogram and a token associated with aconsumer account is generated. In some such embodiments, the consumeraccount is a credit card account. In some such embodiments, the encodingand/or generating is performed responsive to receiving confirmation ofthe purchase. The cryptogram/token are then transmitted to the firstelectronic device.

The method continues by receiving, from the second electronic device904, a token associated with a means of payment. In some embodiments,the token is a reference to a credit card account. Further a cryptogramencoding the payment coordinates and amount to be remitted is receivedfrom the second electronic device.

The method continues by transmitting, to a third electronic device 906associated with a remote account database, the cryptogram and the token,thereby requesting payment. In some embodiments, the remote accountdatabase is associated with a credit card company.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises, at the thirdelectronic device 906 associated with the remote account database, thethird electronic device having one or more processors and memoryreceiving, from the first electronic device 902 associated with themerchant, the payment coordinates and amount to be remitted andretrieving an identification of the consumer account associated with thetoken. In some embodiments the identification of the consumer account isa primary account number (PAN). The method continues by verifyingconformance of the payment coordinates. In some embodiments suchverification includes approving the amount charged by the merchant. Themethod further verifies an identification of the consumer account. Insome embodiments the verification of the consumer account includesverification of sufficient funds and/or available credit. The methodcontinues by approving payment of the amount to be remitted to themerchant. In some embodiments, the approving the payment of the amountto be remitted includes transmitting confirmation of the approval to thefirst electronic device.

Novel Money-Equivalents Payment Systems and Extra-Cash Informing andHandling System.

Reducing costs and increasing speed to settlements between banks forbank client is highly demanded to keep banks compatible to the newalternative payment systems. At the same time, engagement of novelpayment instruments, like crypto-currencies, and making them working asusual money in “white” controllable field is also necessary to keep upwith trends. At the same time, reducing operational costs, includingpaper cash handling will allow banks to remain competitive in themarket.

For this purpose, the present disclosure provides anelectronic-money-for-banks-system to make settlements cheaper andquicker, carrying out transactions in money equivalents andcrypto-equivalents-system to work with such currencies, like Bitcoins,in controllable way, providing them with properties of traceability ascommon currencies are. To lower costs of paper money handling, thepresent disclosure provides an extra-cash informing and handling system,to keep paper money mainly circling only between people, merchants andcash machines.

Electronic money systems (not electronic currencies, like Bitcoins)(with conversion of common currency into money different equivalent,like in WebMoney payment system for example), where instead of UnitedStates dollars settlements are carried out in wmz (but each 1 USD can beconverted any time into 1 wmz and vice-versa) or without to carry outtransactions quickly, with very low commission or sometimes even withoutit, but inside electronic money systems, because it is like relocationinside one box, when you want to take money out of it, commissions arevery significant. It means that it is possible to benefit when all ornearly all transactions and account settlements are carried out insidethe electronic money system.

The more transactions you make inside electronic money system the moreyou save. Banks are carrying the major amount of transactions betweenthemselves. It means that if such system would be working to carry outsettlements between banks, they will be able to substantially lowercosts. The present electronic-money-for-banks-system realizes this goal.

Processing of payments with standard means is expensive, including dueto use of various payment systems with various categories of clients.Even in the case of one-time-a-day settlement bank has to carry out realrelocations of funds in the amount of residual balance with each bankcounteragent. For example, if a state has 150 acting banks, and each ofthem interacts with all the others—than the maximum possible amount ofsettlement operations between all of them would make 11,175. In the caseof connection of all these 150 banks to the“electronic-money-for-banks-system”, when all banks have certainoperational deposit on the account of electronic-money-for-banks-systemin servicing bank to cover difference between incoming and outgoingpayments,—the maximum theoretical quantity of settlement transactionsfor 150 banks will make 150, because between counteragent settlementsare carried during every transaction in money equivalents.

Practically the amount of settlement transactions will be significantlyless, because the sum of incoming and outgoing payments are very closeto each other across a several day period, e.g. in the case ofvariations up to ±25-30% from the operational balance, there is no needto carry out relocation of any real funds, therefore, operational costsare significantly lowered.

Such systems allow easy connection of any electronic wallets, paymentsystems (like WebMoney, M-Pesa) in the same way as with banks, byprovision of operational deposit in the necessary currency by theelectronic wallet, e.g. for users there will be no complication totransfer money from one electronic wallet to another, like in case ofusual account-to-account transfer.

When it is necessary to carry out transactions inside and outside theelectronic-money-for-banks-system, the present disclosure provides thefollowing method: when the transaction (money transfer) is carried outbetween two counteragents, which are connected to the system ofelectronic money for banks—settlement is carried out inside the systemof electronic money for banks, between accounts inelectronic-money-for-banks-system, using electronic money equivalents(on demand of local and international legislation counteragents mayexchange with correspondent information concerning real moneyinteracting bank accounts of payer and receiver, purpose of payment andwith other necessary information). If one of the counteragents is notconnected to the electronic-money-for-banks-system—settlement is carriedout in accordance with standard procedures.

Thus, the present disclosure provides anelectronic-money-for-banks-system, where each counteragent (bank, orother counteragent) carries out all settlements by transactions insidethe system of electronic money in money equivalents and residual balancesettlement in real currency is carried out only between counteragent andthe electronic-money-for-banks-system, to cover negative balance or towithdraw extra-money on the balance of counteragent account in thesystem. In some such embodiments, each participating bank transfers acertain amount of real money to the bank account of theelectronic-money-for-banks-system, as operating balance/deposit, andreceives the same, conforming amount of electronic money equivalents.All settlements are carried out in money equivalents betweencounteragent-banks, providing immediate settlements. Electronic moneyequivalents may be exchanged back to real money by request on one to onebases. In some such embodiments, the necessary information about payer,receiver and purpose of payment of each transaction, settled inequivalents, is shared between counteragents in accordance withapplicable law using the disclosed system of electronic money for banksand/or other informational channels.

Implementation of money equivalents for crypto-currencies also canprovide significant benefits. In the case of electronic currencies, likeBitcoins, there is a constant fear that your money can be stolen inanon-traceable way. On the other hand, crypto-currencies are popularamong criminals, because the transactions in them are not traceable.

But many physical and legal entities looking at the crypto-currencies asa form of investment. The majority of entities working with any givencrypto-currency are interested in the currency being secured, and thatthe crypto-currency operates in accordance with applicable law andfurther that the crypto-currency does not have criminal origins orassociations.

For this purpose, the present disclosure provides asystem-of-electronic-money-equivalent(s) forelectronic(crypto)-currencies, which provides the possibility to useelectronic currency equivalents inside a crypto-equivalents-system,providing not only safety of transactions to the clients, but bringingsuch crypto-currencies, like Bitcoins, into “white” controllable field.

To make crypto-currencies transactions traceable and more secured, aclient orders and pays for purchase of a specified amount of a specifiedcrypto-currency units in favor of his crypto-currency-account (thecrypto-equivalents-system makes a purchase of a crypto-currency unit(s)from outside on the client's order) and in exchange the client isprovided with an account inside the crypto-equivalents-system with acorresponding amount of crypto-currency-equivalents, which can be usedto carry out any and all transactions inside the electronic money systemusing the crypto-currency-equivalents, until the client no longerchooses to transfer to the other account or exchange crypto-currencyequivalents for other currency. Then, crypto-currency-equivalents ortheir equivalent in a certain specified currency will be transferred tothe account specified by client. Purchase by the system of realcrypto-currency units is the guaranty that it is able at any time toexchange them and return equivalent to the customer.

In the case of a crypto-equivalents-system it is possible to make anytransaction as if operating with money in a common electronic wallet oreven on the standard bank account. In some embodiments, each transfer incrypto-currency equivalents is accompanied (including, but not limitedto) with a certain purpose of payment, list of purchased goods/servicesand/or other points, providing a lawful basis to withdraw payment backin case of non-fulfillment of obligations by the other side, whichreceives payment.

New solutions for safer and cheaper handling are also necessary forpaper money. For this purpose the present disclosure provides a systemdesigned to decrease the amount of costly transportation of cash fromshops to bank storage using armored vehicles and guards. When papermoney is used, it is handled in secure way. But if money is brought to ashop in small amounts by customers—they can be taken in small amounts bypeople too.

The idea of extra-money informing and handling system is based on theuse in shops, which demand secured-transportation-of-cash-services, cashmachines, which can accept and release cash together with functionalityof a system to inform clients (including but not limited to customers ofall engaged banks), where they can take cash without commission or withcertain bonus. The sum of the bonus will be taken from stores and otherentities, which will deposit paper cash into the above referenced cashmachines, but it will be considerably lower from them, than cost ofguarded transportation of cash.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides asystem-of-electronic-money-equivalents for electronic(crypto)-currencies(referred to herein as a crypto-equivalents-system), like Bitcoins, tomake crypto-currency transactions traceable and more secured, where aclient orders and pays to crypto-equivalents-system for purchase of aspecified amount of a specified crypto-currency units (i.e. thecrypto-equivalents-system makes a purchase of crypto-currency units fromoutside on the client's order) and in exchange the client is providedwith an account inside the crypto-equivalents-system with acorresponding amount of crypto-currency-equivalents, which can be usedto carry out any and all transactions inside the electronic money systemusing the crypto-currency-equivalents or can be exchanged for othercurrency. In some such embodiments, when the client decides to transferto the other account or exchange crypto-currency equivalents for othercurrency, then crypto-currency-equivalents or their equivalent in acertain specified currency will be transferred to the account specifiedby client. Purchase by the system of real crypto-currency units is theguaranty that it is able at any time to exchange them and returnequivalent to the customer. In some embodiments, each transfer incrypto-currency equivalents is accompanied with a certain purpose ofpayment, a list of purchased goods/services and/or other points,providing a lawful basis to withdraw payment back in case ofnon-fulfillment of obligations by other side, which receives payment.

Innovative, Highly Secured User Active Payment System on the Basis ofDirect Money Transfers and Global Database of Invoices.

Current systems, like a) magnet stripe credit cards, b) chip creditcards, c) payment systems, based on tokens, are based on a user-passivenature, providing permission to withdraw money from a client's account.Token payment systems or credit cards provide permission to withdraw anysum, and the customer is (i) unable to specify the amount, and (ii)unable to specify the receiver. They all are vulnerable, because suchpermissions can be copied, predicted and/or used to take more fromcontrolled account.

To address this problem, the present disclosure provides a new paymentsystem, which benefits banks, retailers and bank clients, and provides aunique level of security. The main idea of the offered payment system isthat all transactions are realized in a user-active way as direct moneytransfers for certain sum, initiated by a payer/buyer/sender in favor ofa receiver/seller/retailer, and a mechanism of a global database ofinvoices guarantees that funds will be transferred in favor of thedesired receiver. Also the present disclosure provides new mechanismsthat provide digital/cyber security of important operations, includingpayments.

The main idea of the offered payment system is that all transactions arerealized in user-active way as direct money transfers for a specifiedsum, initiated by a payer/buyer/sender in favor of areceiver/seller/retailer, and a mechanism of a global database ofinvoices guarantees that funds will be transferred in favor of desiredreceiver.

The principle of the payment system works as follows. A seller/receiversubmits an invoice into “global database of invoices” and transmits theinvoice id to the buyer/payer. The buyer/payer communicates with theinvoice id into the “global database of invoices”, receives and verifiesthe invoice and sends it to buyer's bank to process and pay. Anyseller/receiver is able to submit an invoice into the global database ofinvoices and anyone, who has id of the invoice, can pay it. The Id ofthe invoice can be obtained by the payer/buyer, including but notlimited to via near field communications (or by mean of otherwave-transmission), simply by seeing and typing it, by copy/pasting incase of Internet purchase or by optical recognition of barcode orQR-code from the screen or check, provided by the seller to the buyer.The only thing which is passed from the receiver/seller to thebuyer/payer is the invoice number, all the other interactions are donebetween participants of the transaction and their respective banksand/or developed payment system.

If somebody substitutes an invoice number, the requesting invoice payerwill be able to see that receiver is wrong and decline transaction.Distinguishable over other payment systems, payer adopts payment onexact sum, for exact services/goods to the exact addressees.

Identification and verification: as a receiver—you have to identifyyourself in the payment client. After this from your account in paymentsystem you may generate invoice for the any sum, for any goods, but onlyin favor of your bank account. The generated invoice in favor of youraccount is located in the global database of invoices. The identifyingnumber of invoice is provided (for example via NFC or in other way) tothe payer. The payer, who has already identified himself usingbank/payment system client on his device, requests from his bank and/orpayment-system's-global-database-of-invoices abovementioned invoice byinvoice number. The full invoice information is provided to the payerfrom his bank/payment system via protected connection. The payerreceives full invoice information, verifies it visually (verifies thata) receiver; b) amount; c) services/goods (if he wants to checkthem)—conform to the desired). If everything is right—payer confirmspayment on the certain sum.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a one touch/two touchprocedure. The first touch, which can be carried out automatically, getsan invoice ID number from the receiver/seller to the payer/buyer, thepayer's payment client request full invoice information by invoice IDnumber from the global database of invoices to be verified by payer. Thesecond touch executes payment on amount and in favor of coordinates,pointed to in the invoice.

Details of a payment procedure for a sale-purchase transaction between abuyer and a merchant, the most desirable anatomy of a paymenttransaction using global database of invoices is now described withreference to FIG. 10. A point of sale (POS) of the Merchant (or on theweb-site of internet shop) has constant connection with a payment systemwith limited access (desirable), which allows for the generation of theinvoice and to verify whether payment by certain invoice is donesuccessfully. When the buyer (FIG. 10, step 1) scans all goods in theshop (or adds to the purchase list), he has to press the icon (FIG. 10,2) “Pay” and the POS has to calculate the total sum and generate invoiceto (FIG. 10, 3) register it in the global database of invoices. Theinvoice may be generated either by the POS or by the merchant servicingbank, or by the global database of invoices on the basis of the totalsum, but must be registered finally in the global database of invoices.The method continues with (FIG. 10, step 4) when the merchant providesthe invoice number to the buyer (best variant via NFC). (FIG. 10, step5). Getting this invoice number by NFC to the buyer's payment client,which (FIG. 10, steps 6-7) automatically requests and accepts fullinvoice information from the global database of invoices/servicing bank.(FIG. 10, step 8). If everything is right after visual verification onsmartphone screen, the buyer (FIG. 10, step 9) provides order to makepayment to the payment system and if (FIG. 10, step 10) transaction isapproved and carried out—the POS (FIG. 10, step 11) receives informationfrom bank/payment system, that transaction is done. In some embodiments,information is communicated either (a) to the payment system and from itto the bank; or (b) to the bank and the payment system concurrently (themost preferable variant); or (c) to the bank, and from it to the paymentsystem.

The present disclosure further provides a new ecosystem for bank checksissuing, where the bank check is issued for a certain amount and infavor of certain receivers coordinates, pointed in the invoice,requested by an invoice ID number from a global database of invoices.From the moment of the check issuing, the servicing bank of the checkissuer will be informed who is the check beneficiary. Such a bank checkwill get properties of delayed direct money transfer in favor of acertain receiver. The receiver, pointed in (identified in) the check,will be able to accept the bank check in favor of the designatedaccount, re-assign in favor of another account/receiver or cash it,directing it, as money transfer to the certain cash machine. Using theoffered payment system on the base of global database of invoices, it ispossible to improve the existing bank check/cheque infrastructure,making it impossible and/or useless to attempt to issue fake or stolenchecks or to issue unsupported checks. Using the invoice principle ofthe offered payment system each and every check becomes trulypersonalized, there is no way to switch the receiver for any scammer,because the bank system is informed of who is the beneficiary of thecheck in each transaction at the time when the check is issued. Suchbank checks will have the property of delayed direct money transfer infavor of certain receiver. The receiver, identified in the check, willbe able to accept bank check in favor of a designated account, re-assignin favor of other account/receivers or cash it, thereby directing it asa money transfer to a specified cash machine.

To support the necessity to fulfilling important actions using variousdevices/gadgets in a secured way, including making payments, the presentdisclosure provides a new type of mobile device designed for securedfulfillment of payments and/or other important actions, in the form ofsmartphone, tablet, notebook. (hereinafter named as smartphone) withadditional hardware to work in parallel with the smartphone, which mayhave everything separate or may use in the same device (including butnot limited to) screen, storage battery and/or wave transmitter, butbeing re-switched to the mode of parallel smartphone, such parallelsmartphone will function as independent CPU/computer/device thanks toadditional hardware. The parallel smartphone mode may be switched on/offonly manually/mechanically. In some embodiments it is provided withcertain additional identification to enter in. The parallel smartphonesecure mode might be even provided by a separate operating system,stored in ROM (read-only memory). The parallel smartphone may be able torecord any information only if record mode is switched ON bymanual/mechanical re-switching.

This device is designed to prevent any spy programs from installing onthe device, which operates the payment client and provides access toyour account(s). The parallel smartphone/CPU is exactly that, what canprotect from viruses, because even upgrade of software will be possibleonly by mechanical re-switching of memory to the recording mode.

To prevent stealing and/or unauthorized use of smartphones and/or otherdevices (hereinafter named as main device) another aspect of the presentdisclosure provides a system—main device+smart-watch-bracelet, where thesmart-watch-bracelet can be entered in (by password/finger-printscanning/otherwise)/activated only when smart-watch-bracelet is lockedon the wrist and when smart-watch-bracelet is unlocked orcut—smart-watch-bracelet is automatically off and demandsre-entering+may send “off” signal to the main device, and where you canactivate/enter-in/use main device only when smart-watch-bracelet isactivated and enter-in, being locked on your wrist/your alive wrist. Insome such embodiments, activation/entering-in or fulfillment ofcertain/specified actions with the main device may be permitted only byusing double-factor identification, when certain code/token/permissionaccepted by smart-watch-bracelet has to be communicated to the maindevice to permit certain action. In some such embodiments, there isprovided the possibility of quick blocking of the main device and/ormaking the main device send alarm signal/notices to the police/othersecurity services, constantly indicating (or on a recurring basis) thecurrent position, and/or automatically signaling when distance betweenmain device and smart-watch-bracelet is more than allowed.

Exemplary Embodiments

Bank Checks.

One aspect of the present disclosure provides a new ecosystem for bankcheck issuing, where the bank check is issued for a certain amount andin favor of certain receiver's coordinates (identifying information),that was identified in an invoice the precipitated by the check. Theinvoice, in turn, was requested by an invoice ID number from the GlobalDatabase of invoices described above (e.g., database 207 of FIG. 5 or 7,etc.). When the check is issued, the servicing bank of the check issueris informed about the check beneficiary. In other words, an integralpart of the check issuance is notifying the servicing bank about thecheck beneficiary of the specific check. Furthermore, the bank check ofthe present disclosure has the property of a delayed direct moneytransfer in favor of this receiver. The receiver, identified in thecheck, will be able to accept the bank check at a designated account,re-assign in favor of another account/receiver, or cash it, or directingit, as a money transfer, to a specified ATM cash machine.

The following is a detailed embodiment of the use of bank checksdescribed above in accordance with one aspect of the present disclosureframed as a method for secure purchasing. At a first electronic deviceassociated with a merchant, the first electronic device having one ormore processors and memory an invoice is generated. The invoicecomprises an amount to be remitted and a merchant identification.Moreover, the invoice is associated with an invoice identification thatuniquely identifies the invoice. The invoice is transmitted to a remoteinvoice database as disclosed above in other embodiments of the presentdisclosure. At a second electronic device associated with a consumer,the second electronic device having one or more processors, memory, anda display, the invoice identification is received. The consumer uses thesecond electronic device to transmit a request for information about theinvoice to the remote invoice database. The request includes the invoiceidentification. In response, the consumer receives information about theinvoice from the remote invoice database. The information includes anamount to be remitted and a merchant identification. Optionally, theamount to be remitted and the merchant identification from the invoiceare displayed along with a prompt to confirm the invoice, although anynumber of variants for such approvals are possible and all such methodsare within the scope of the present disclosure. Responsive to receivingconfirmation of the invoice from the consumer, an approval of theinvoice is transmitted to a remote account database comprising at leastone account corresponding to the consumer. At a third electronic deviceassociated with the remote account database, the third electronic devicehaving one or more processors and memory, after receiving the approvalof the invoice from the second electronic device, the amount of theinvoice is remitted to the merchant in the form of the bank check of thetype disclosed above. That is, the bank check identifies the merchantand, moreover, a notification of the check and the merchant is stored inthe remote account database when the check is remitted. In some suchembodiments, the bank check is configured to enable the merchant toaccept the bank check in favor of a designated account, re-assign thebank check in favor of a recipient other than the merchant, cash thebank check, or direct the bank check to a cash machine specified by themerchant. In some such embodiments, the remote account database is abank associated with the consumer.

Smart Phone.

As discussed above, one aspect of the present disclosure provides a newtype of mobile device designed for secure fulfillment of payments and/orother important actions, in the form of smartphone, tablet, notebook(hereinafter termed a “smartphone”). The smart phone includes additionalhardware to work as a parallel (second mode) smartphone. The new type ofmobile device has everything separate in some embodiments. The new typeof mobile device uses the same circuitry for the (including but notlimited to) screen, storage battery and/or wave transmitter in otherembodiments, but in such embodiments is re-switched to the mode of aparallel smartphone (second mode) that is sandboxed from the first mode.This parallel smartphone functions as an independent CPU/computer/devicebecause of the additional hardware. In some such embodiments, theparallel smartphone mode is switched on/off only manually/mechanically(e.g., the user may be challenged to provide additional identificationinformation in order to switch into the parallel smartphone mode). Insome embodiments, the parallel smartphone secure mode (second mode) isprovided by a separate pre-installed operating system stored in ROM(read-only memory). In some embodiments, the parallel smartphone is ableto record any information only if a record mode is switched ON bymanual/mechanical re-switching. For instance, in some embodiments thesmart phone is the device 102 or device 208 depicted in the Figures.

The following is a detailed embodiment of such a smart phone. In thisembodiment, the smartphone is configured to operate in a first mode or asecond mode, where the first mode is sandboxed from the second mode sothat data acquired or stored by the second mode cannot be communicatedto the first mode. The second mode is accessed by the consumer through achallenge (e.g., login challenge) that is separate from the first mode.For instance, a first login and/or password is required to access thefirst mode and a different second login and/or password is required toaccess the second mode. The second mode functions as an independentsmart phone. The financial processing steps of any of the methodsdisclosed herein are performed by the second mode, and not the firstmode. For instance, steps such as receiving an invoice identification,transmitting a request for information about an invoice to a remoteinvoice database using the invoice identification, and receivinginformation about the invoice from the remote invoice database disclosedabove are performed by the second mode of the smart phone and not thefirst mode of the smart phone. In some such embodiments, the second modeis switched on and off manually or mechanically. In some suchembodiments, the second mode is run on a separate instance of anoperating system that is stored in read only memory in the smart phone.

Main Device Plus Smart Watch Bracelet.

To prevent stealing and/or unauthorized use of smartphones and/or otherdevices (hereinafter termed a “main device”) an aspect of the presentdisclosure provides a system comprising a main device and a coupledsmart-watch-bracelet, where the smart-watch-bracelet can be logged into(by password/finger-print scanning/otherwise)/activated only when thesmart-watch-bracelet is locked on the wrist. When thesmart-watch-bracelet is unlocked or cut, the smart-watch-bracelet isautomatically turned off and challenges the user to re-enter theircredentials and also sends an “off” signal to the main device. In thisembodiment, the user can activate/enter-in/use the main device only whenthe smart-watch-bracelet is activated and logged into and is locked ontothe user's wrist. In some such embodiments, activation/entering-in orfulfillment of certain/specified actions with main device is permittedonly by using this double-factor identification (on the smart-watchbracelet and on the main device), when certain code/token/permission,accepted by the smart-watch-bracelet, is communicated to the main deviceby the smart-watch-bracelet to permit certain action. In someembodiments, the main device is a smart phone. In some embodiments,there is provided the possibility of quick blocking of the main deviceand/or making the main device send an alarm signal/notice to thepolice/other security services, thereby constantly indicating thecurrent position of the device, and/or automatic signaling when thedistance between main device and smart-watch-bracelet is greater thanspecified threshold distance (e.g., greater than 3 feet, greater than 5feet, etc.). In some embodiments, the main device and smart watchbracelet are in electronic communication with each other using RFID,Zigby, Bluetooth or related communication schemes.

The following is a detailed embodiment of a main device plus smart watchbracelet. In this embodiment, as device coupling comprising a maindevice and a smart-watch-bracelet is provided. The main device comprisesone or more processors and a first memory. The smart-watch-braceletcomprises one or more processors and a second memory. The second memorystores instructions for performing a method. The method comprisesreceiving a login credential from a user. The user is logged into anaccount hosted by the smart-watch-bracelet when the login credentialmatches a stored login credential and the smart-watch-bracelet is lockedon a wrist of the user. In some such embodiments, the login credentialis an alphanumeric password, a finger-print scan, a facial scan, or aniris scan. In some such embodiments, when the smart-watch-bracelet isunlocked from the wrist or cut, the method further comprisesautomatically logging the user out of the account, and sending an offsignal to the main device. In some embodiments the main device is asmart phone. In some embodiments, when the smart-watch-bracelet isgreater than a predetermined distance from the main device, the maindevice sends an alarm to an emergency service.

Directed Money Transfers.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provide a new payment system onbased upon invoices, in which payments are carried out in a user-activeway in the form of direct money transfers, which are initiated by abuyer/payer in favor of a seller/receiver, where the invoices havecoordinates (identifying information) of the receiver and are providedby the receiver and these invoices include, but are not limited to, thepayment coordinates of the seller/receiver, receiver's legal/officialname, address (country, state, city, street, building number), which canbe easily identified by payer/buyer as true (hereinafter named aseasily-checkable-coordinates). Being identified as true (verified),these easily-checkable-coordinates of the receiver/seller are used as anobligatory part of a payment order initiated by the buyer/payer togetherwith the bank coordinates of the receiver/seller. Theseeasily-checkable-coordinates of the receiver/seller together with hisbank coordinates are registered in a Payment System on the base ofInvoices, and the payment order is accepted and fulfilled by thebuyer's/payer's servicing bank/Payment System only when theeasily-checkable-coordinates and bank coordinates of the receiver/sellerconform to that registered in Payment System on the base of Invoices(and/or fixed in the payment system of Merchant servicing bank). If anyof abovementioned coordinates do not conform to the registered, thepayment will be declined by the payer's bank/Payment System.

The following is a detailed embodiment of directed money transfers. At afirst electronic device associated with a consumer, the first electronicdevice having one or more processors, memory, and a display, an invoiceis received that includes information about a merchant that issued theinvoice. Upon verification of the information about the merchant, wherethe verification includes receiving an identity of a bank associatedwith the merchant from a remote merchant database responsive to a queryby the first electronic device that includes the information about themerchant in the invoice, a payment order is issued to the merchant thatincludes the identity of the bank associated with merchant and theinformation about the merchant. At a second electronic device associatedwith a payment system, the second electronic device comprising one ormore processors and memory, the payment order is received. Uponverification of the identity of the bank associated with the merchantand the information about the merchant, using the remote merchantdatabase, the payment order is honored. In some such embodiments, theidentifying information about the merchant comprises a legal orcorporate name of the merchant, an address of the merchant, or a webaddress of the merchant.

Electronic-Money-for-Banks-System.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides anelectronic-money-for-banks-system, where each counteragent (bank, orother counteragent) carries out all settlements by transactions insidethe electronic money system in money equivalents and residual balancesettlement in real currency is carried out only between counteragent andelectronic-money-for-banks-system, to cover negative balances or towithdraw extra-money on the balance of a counteragent account in thesystem. In some such embodiments, each participating bank transfers acertain amount of real money to the bank account of theelectronic-money-for-banks-system, as an operating balance/deposit, andreceives the same conforming amount of electronic money equivalents. Allsettlements are carried out in money equivalents betweencounteragent-banks, providing immediate settlement. Electronic moneyequivalents may be exchanged back into real money by request on a one onone basis. In some such embodiments, the necessary information aboutpayer, receiver and purpose of payment of each transaction, settled inequivalents, is shared between counteragents in accordance withapplicable law using a system of electronic money for banks and/or otherinformational channels.

The following is an embodiment of an electronic-money-for-banks system.The system comprises one or more processors and memory. The memorystores non-transitory instructions for executing a method, the methodreceiving an original respective cash payment from each correspondingentity in a plurality of entities. The method further comprisescrediting each respective entity in the plurality of entities with cashequivalents commensurate with their respective original cash payment.The method further comprises hosting a plurality of financialtransactions, each financial transaction in the plurality oftransactions being between a first entity and a second entity in theplurality of entities, where each financial transaction in the pluralityof financial transactions exchanges cash equivalents for goods orservices and each financial transaction in the plurality of transactionsis registered with the electronic-money-for-banks-system therebyenabling retrieval of a payer, a receiver and a purpose of payment ofeach transaction. The method further comprises receiving a cash requestfrom a third entity in the plurality of entities, wherein the cashrequest comprises a request for cash in exchange for cash equivalentsthat the first entity has vested within theelectronic-money-for-banks-system through their original cash payment orthrough financial transactions in the plurality of financialtransactions that the first entity participated in. Responsive to thecash request, the entity is provided with cash for all or a portion ofthe cash equivalents that the first entity has vested within theelectronic-money-for-banks-system.

In a related embodiment, a system-of-electronic-money-equivalent(s) forelectronic(crypto)-currencies (hereinafter termed a“crypto-equivalents-system”), like Bitcoins, is provided to makecrypto-currencies transactions traceable and more secured, where theclient orders and pays to the crypto-equivalents-system for a certainamount of certain crypto-currency and in exchange the client is providedwith an account inside the crypto-equivalents-system with acorresponding amount of crypto-currency-equivalents, which can be usedto carry out all and any transactions inside electronic money systemusing the crypto-currency-equivalents or exchanged for the equivalent incertain cash. In some such embodiments, each transfer in crypto-currencyequivalents is accompanied with a certain purpose of the payment, listof purchased goods/services and/or other points, therefore providing alawful basis to receive payment back in case of non-fulfillment ofobligations by the entity that received payment for such goods/servicesand/or other points. As such, in some embodiments, the cash equivalentsdescribed above comprises an electronic crypto-currency.

Cash System.

Another aspect of the present disclosure provides an extra-cashinforming and handling system, which consists from cash machines, whichcan accept and release cash united together with informing system, whichinforms client where they can take cash without commission or withcertain bonus. The sum of the bonus is taken from stores and otherentities, which will deposit paper cash into the above-reference cashmachines, and paper money will be mainly circulating in the trianglemerchants-people-ATMs.

As such an aspect of the present disclosure is a cash informing andhandling system, comprising one or more processors and a memory, thememory storing non-transitory instructions for executing a method. Themethod comprises receiving a request for cash from a user, where therequest includes a credential. Upon verification of the credential, therequest is honored by dispensing an amount of cash identified by therequest to the user. The user is provided, upon verification of thecredential and dispensing the amount of cash, with a message regardingone or more destinations that the user can remit the cash at to obtain acommission for the cash in addition to full credit for the cash.

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Plural instances may be provided for components, operations orstructures described herein as a single instance. Finally, boundariesbetween various components, operations, and data stores are somewhatarbitrary, and particular operations are illustrated in the context ofspecific illustrative configurations. Other allocations of functionalityare envisioned and may fall within the scope of the implementation(s).In general, structures and functionality presented as separatecomponents in the example configurations may be implemented as acombined structure or component. Similarly, structures and functionalitypresented as a single component may be implemented as separatecomponents. These and other variations, modifications, additions, andimprovements fall within the scope of the implementation(s).

Memory optionally includes high-speed random access memory andoptionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or moremagnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or othernon-volatile solid-state memory devices. Access to memory by othercomponents of device, such as one or more processors and a peripheralsinterface, is, optionally, controlled by a memory controller.

A peripherals interface can be used to couple input and outputperipherals of the device to one or more processors and memory. The oneor more processors run or execute various software programs and/or setsof instructions stored in memory to perform various functions for deviceand to process data.

Each of the above identified modules and applications correspond to aset of executable instructions for performing one or more functionsdescribed above and the methods described in this application (e.g.,computer-implemented methods). These modules (i.e., sets ofinstructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs,procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are,optionally, combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. Insome embodiments, memory optionally stores a subset of the modules anddata structures identified above. Furthermore, memory optionally storesadditional modules and data structures not described above.

Accordingly, in other embodiments, the present disclosure provideselectronic devices including one or more processors, memory, andoptionally a display, where the memory includes instructions forperforming all or a portion of one or more methods described herein. Forexample, electronic devices with instructions for performing only theportions of the disclosed methods associated with a first, second, thirddevice, etc., device are contemplated. E.g., in some embodiments, theelectronic device includes instructions for performing steps associatedwith one or more of a consumer, merchant, remote invoice database,remote account database (e.g., bank, credit institution, etc.), accountholder, ATM, etc., as referred to in the methods disclosed herein.

In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides computer readablestorage medium (e.g., non-transitory medium) storing one or moreprograms, the one or more programs including instructions, which whenexecuted by an electronic device with one or more processors andoptionally a display, cause the device to perform all or a portion ofone or more methods described herein. For example, computer readablestorage medium with instructions for performing only the portions of thedisclosed methods associated with a first, second, third device, etc.,device are contemplated. E.g., in some embodiments, the computerreadable storage medium includes instructions for performing stepsassociated with one or more of a consumer, merchant, remote invoicedatabase, remote account database (e.g., bank, credit institution,etc.), account holder, ATM, etc., as referred to in the methodsdisclosed herein.

It will also be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,”etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elementsshould not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used todistinguish one element from another. For example, a first object couldbe termed a second object, and, similarly, a second object could betermed a first object, without changing the meaning of the description,so long as all occurrences of the “first object” are renamedconsistently and all occurrences of the “second object” are renamedconsistently. The first object and the second object are both objects,but they are not the same object.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularimplementations only and is not intended to be limiting of the claims.As used in the description of the implementations and the appendedclaims, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to includethe plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicatesotherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as usedherein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations ofone or more of the associated listed items. It will be furtherunderstood that the terms “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used inthis specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers,steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude thepresence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps,operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

As used herein, the term “if” may be construed to mean “when” or “upon”or “in response to determining” or “in accordance with a determination”or “in response to detecting,” that a stated condition precedent istrue, depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it isdetermined (that a stated condition precedent is true)” or “if (a statedcondition precedent is true)” or “when (a stated condition precedent istrue)” may be construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response todetermining” or “in accordance with a determination” or “upon detecting”or “in response to detecting” that the stated condition precedent istrue, depending on the context.

The foregoing description included example systems, methods, techniques,instruction sequences, and computing machine program products thatembody illustrative implementations. For purposes of explanation,numerous specific details were set forth in order to provide anunderstanding of various implementations of the inventive subjectmatter. It will be evident, however, to those skilled in the art thatimplementations of the inventive subject matter may be practiced withoutthese specific details. In general, well-known instruction instances,protocols, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail.

The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has beendescribed with reference to specific implementations. However, theillustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or tolimit the implementations to the precise forms disclosed. Manymodifications and variations are possible in view of the aboveteachings. The implementations were chosen and described in order tobest explain the principles and their practical applications, to therebyenable others skilled in the art to best utilize the implementations andvarious implementations with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for secure purchasing, comprising: at afirst electronic device associated with a merchant, the first electronicdevice having one or more processors and memory: generating an invoicecomprising an amount to be remitted and a merchant identification,wherein the invoice is associated with an invoice identification andtransmitting the invoice to a remote invoice database; at a secondelectronic device associated with a consumer, the second electronicdevice having one or more processors, memory, and a display: receivingthe invoice identification; transmitting a request for information aboutthe invoice to the remote invoice database, the request including theinvoice identification; receiving the information about the invoice fromthe remote invoice database, the information including an amount to beremitted and a merchant identification, from the remote invoicedatabase; displaying the amount to be remitted and the merchantidentification from the invoice, and a prompt to confirm the invoice;responsive to receiving confirmation of the invoice from the consumer,transmitting an approval of the invoice to a remote account databasecomprising at least one account corresponding to the consumer; and at athird electronic device associated with the remote account database, thethird electronic device having one or more processors and memory: afterreceiving the approval of the invoice from the second electronic device,remitting the amount of the invoice to the merchant in the form of abank check, wherein the bank check identifies the merchant and wherein anotification of the check and the merchant is stored in the remoteaccount database when the check is remitted.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the bank check is configured to enable the merchant to acceptthe bank check in favor of a designated account, re-assign the bankcheck in favor of a recipient other than the merchant, cash the bankcheck, or direct the bank check to a cash machine specified by themerchant.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote account databaseis a bank associated with the consumer.
 4. A smartphone comprisingmemory and one or more processors, wherein the smartphone is configuredto operate in a first mode or a second mode, wherein the first mode issandboxed from the second mode so that data acquired or stored by thesecond mode cannot be communicated to the first mode, the second mode isaccessed by a consumer through a challenge that is separate from thefirst mode, the second mode functions as an independent smart phone, andthe second mode executes a transactional method without invoking thefirst mode of the smart phone.
 5. The smartphone of claim 4, wherein thesecond mode is switched on and off manually or mechanically.
 6. Thesmartphone of claim 4, wherein the smartphone further comprises readonly memory and wherein the second mode is run on a separate instance ofan operating system that is stored in the read only memory.
 7. A devicecoupling comprising a main device and a smart-watch-bracelet, the maindevice comprising one or more processors and a first memory, thesmart-watch-bracelet comprising one or more processors and a secondmemory, the second memory storing instructions for performing a method,the method comprising: receiving a login credential from a user; andlogging the user into an account hosted by the smart-watch-bracelet whenthe login credential matches a stored login credential and thesmart-watch-bracelet is locked on a wrist of the user.
 8. The devicecoupling of claim 7, wherein the login credential is an alphanumericpassword, a finger-print scan, a facial scan, or an iris scan.
 9. Thedevice coupling of claim 7, wherein, when the smart-watch-bracelet isunlocked from the wrist or cut, the method further comprises:automatically logging the user out of the account, and sending an offsignal to the main device.
 10. The device coupling of claim 7, whereinthe main device is a smart phone.
 11. The device coupling of claim 7,wherein, when the smart-watch-bracelet is greater than a predetermineddistance from the main device, the main device sends an alarm to anemergency service.
 12. A method for secure purchasing, the methodcomprising: at a first electronic device associated with a consumer, thefirst electronic device having one or more processors, memory, and adisplay: receiving an invoice that includes information about a merchantthat issued the invoice; upon verification of the information about themerchant, wherein the verification includes receiving an identity of abank associated with the merchant from a remote merchant databaseresponsive to a query by the first electronic device that includes theinformation about the merchant in the invoice, issuing a payment orderto the merchant that includes the identity of the bank associated withmerchant and the information about the merchant; and at a secondelectronic device associated with a payment system, the secondelectronic device comprising one or more processors and memory:receiving the payment order; and upon verification of the identity ofthe bank associated with the merchant and the information about themerchant, using the remote merchant database, honoring the paymentorder.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the identifying informationabout the merchant comprises a legal or corporate name of the merchant,an address of the merchant, or a web address of the merchant.
 14. Anelectronic-money-for-banks-system comprising one or more processors andmemory, the memory storing non-transitory instructions for executing amethod, the method comprising: receiving an original respective cashpayment from each corresponding entity in a plurality of entities;crediting each respective entity in the plurality of entities with cashequivalents commensurate with their respective original cash payment;hosting a plurality of financial transactions, each financialtransaction in the plurality of transactions being between a firstentity and a second entity in the plurality of entities, wherein eachfinancial transaction in the plurality of financial transactionsexchanges cash equivalents for goods or services, and each financialtransaction in the plurality of transactions is registered with theelectronic-money-for-banks-system thereby enabling retrieval of a payer,a receiver and a purpose of payment of each transaction; receiving acash request from a third entity in the plurality of entities, whereinthe cash request comprises a request for cash in exchange for cashequivalents that the first entity has vested within theelectronic-money-for-banks-system through their original cash payment orthrough financial transactions in the plurality of financialtransactions that the first entity participated in; and responsive tothe cash request, providing the entity with cash for all or a portion ofthe cash equivalents that the first entity has vested within theelectronic-money-for-banks-system.
 15. Theelectronic-money-for-banks-system of claim 14 wherein the cashequivalents comprises an electronic crypto-currency.
 16. A cashinforming and handling system, comprising one or more processors and amemory, the memory storing non-transitory instructions for executing amethod, the method comprising: receiving a request for cash from a user,wherein the request includes a credential; upon verification of thecredential, honoring the request by dispensing an amount of cashidentified by the request to the user; and providing the user, uponverification of the credential and dispensing the amount of cash, with amessage regarding one or more destinations that the user can remit thecash at to obtain a commission for the cash in addition to full creditfor the cash.